Here are the details of maps for Atherton (NE):
This highly detailed map covers the NE part of Atherton, and southern part of Westhoughton around the Pretoria Pit.
Features include a stretch of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway with Atherton Central station, Peelwood Colliery with rail branch; Pretoria Pit (here called Hulton Colliery Nrs 3 and 4 Pits), scene of the terrible disaster in 1910; tramways, New Brook House, Laburnum Mill, Atherton Town Hall, Victoria Mills etc. On the reverse we include a railway timetable for the Wigan-Manchester line in 1914.
The map links up with sheets 95.09 Little Hulton to the east and 94.16 Tyldesley to the south.
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Maps in the Godfrey Edition are taken from the 25 inch to the mile map and reduced to about 15 inches to the mile. For a full list of maps for the North West, return to the North West page.
The Godfrey Edition / godfreyedition@btinternet.com / 27 Jan 2011